Dear All, Thank you for your responses and for your patience. Phase 1 of our seed grant awards process is now complete, and we have selected 10 problem statements to move forward to the Phase 2. The selection process included a panel of 17 jury members scoring problem statements on 12 parameters. These parameters assessed multiple aspects like - importance and severity of the problem, value to Purdue research, geographical and thematical importance in donor world, partner organization, solution feasibility and Purdue’s own relevant research capability. Problem statements that scored high on the assessment and also received higher number of submissions from faculty/researchers were selected to proceed to the next round. The selected problem statements are: NGO that submitted the problem - Country/ region of execution Problem statement World Concern - Bangladesh Solutions for Food Storage and Transportation National Rice Research Institute (NRRI) - India An Intelligent Early Warning System for Crop Diseases in Rice Cropping System Pan USA - Zimbabwe GirlEngage program in Zimbabwe CARE - Global Co-creating a solution/process to address rapid qualitative coding of data to support more informed and agile humanitarian programming WaterAid - India Affordable water meter at scale World Concern - Kenya Desalination of water in arid and semi-arid areas Research and Innovation Circle of Hyderabad (RICH) - India Sensor technologies for real time monitoring of mosquito populations through heat maps N/Core - India Models to predict health behaviors for maternal and child health Academic Model Providing Access To Healthcare (AMPATH) -Kenya Low-cost home-use oxygen tank device powered using renewable sources Social Alpha - India Monitoring Air Pollution and Pollution Control Congratulations to the practitioners, NGOs and faculty interested in these problem areas. Please note, while only the abovementioned problems will move forward in the seed grant awards process, Shah Lab will provide other facilitation and partnership support to experts interested in working on other problem areas. I will send a separate email to provide detailed information on next steps for Phase 2 and Phase 3. Please mark your calendar for the Shah Lab Expo on April 2nd Please let me know if you have any questions/concerns. Thank you for all your support. Kind Regards, Pallavi Gupta Assistant Director of Programs Shah Family Global Innovation Lab Global Engineering Programs and Partnerships Office: 765-496-7311 | Mobile: 304 545 1525 | gupta604@purdue.edu<mailto:gupta604@purdue.edu> [/Users/gupta604/Library/Containers/com.microsoft.Outlook/Data/Library/Caches/Signatures/signature_398107073]